Orijen ↔ Purina Pro Plan

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Mars Petcare

Orijen

Multinational · 16 listed

Nestle Purina

Purina Pro Plan

Multinational · 17 listed

Formats represented

Orijen
cannedkibble
Purina
cannedkibblepouch

Moisture · as fed

Orijen

canned
80–85
kibble
10

Purina Pro Plan

canned
80
kibble
12
pouch
80
0%20%40%60%80%

Shown as fed: the water actually in the food. The dry-matter rows below strip it out so protein and fat can be compared across formats.

Protein · dry matter

Orijen

canned
5580
kibble
44–47

Purina Pro Plan

canned
50–55
kibble
39–47
pouch
63–70
30%40%50%60%70%80%90%

Fat · dry matter

Orijen

canned
1743
kibble
16–22

Purina Pro Plan

canned
10
kibble
1324
pouch
16–18
0%10%20%30%40%50%

Formats and figures reflect the products listed on KibbleGuide, not necessarily each brand’s full range.

Background: ownership, sourcing and positioning

Orijen and Purina Pro Plan both sit inside multinational consumer goods groups, but the two brands draw on very different corporate heritages. Orijen runs production exclusively at two company-owned kitchens in Alberta and Kentucky with no private-label work. Purina Pro Plan is backed by more than 500 Purina scientists globally, with AU lines split between local Blayney manufacture and imports from the USA, France and Thailand. The two brands differ in several ways beyond the one point highlighted here.

Orijen is built around 'WholePrey' ratios with 85 to 90 percent animal inclusions including fresh and raw meat, organs and bone.

Purina Pro Plan is produced at the Blayney NSW factory that has made Pro Plan since 1989, after absorbing roughly AUD$200 million in Nestlé investment over the past decade and now running on 100 percent renewable electricity. It launched LiveClear in 2020, the first cat food using an egg-derived anti-Fel d 1 protein to reduce environmental cat allergens.

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Mars Petcare

Orijen

USA · 14 products

CANNED·9
KIBBLE·5

Nestle Purina

Purina Pro Plan

Australia/USA · 8 products

CANNED·4
KIBBLE·3
POUCH·1

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